152 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



The hatchlings were cream-white, with brownish 

 horns growing dark brown at tip and ending in two 

 setse. After eating, the caterpillars were green, except 

 the head and the thoracic and anal segments, which 

 were yellowish. They wandered a long time before 

 settling on a leaf to feed, and did not eat their shells. 

 Some of them did not eat at all for thirty-six hours, 

 but drank eagerly. They all had a long, slender, glassy 

 look after eating. 



In a week they molted. The head was less round, 

 more green, rough with yellow- white granules, and had 

 yellow face-lines. The body was whitish green, with 

 yellow-white granules, obliques, and subdorsal lines. 

 The legs were green with pink tips, the props green, 

 the anal plate was edged with yellow-white granules. 

 The caudal horn was long, slender, rough, and pink. 



In four days they molted again. The head was very 

 yellow-green, triangular, with bright yellow granules 

 and face-lines. The body was whiter green, rough 

 with white granules. There were wide white subdorsal 

 lines from head to horn, narrow white substigmatal 

 lines on the thoracic segments, and yellow-white 

 obliques. The legs were green with red tips, the props 

 green, the anal plate was edged with yellow-white. 

 The horn was red, darkest at tip, with black spines. It 

 was held horizontal, making a line with the dorsum. 

 Two days later the subdorsal lines could be seen on 

 the thoracic segments only ; the obliques were edged 

 above with deep green ; the horn was red in front, 

 green behind, and yellow at the sides from the last 

 pair of obliques. It was rough and held sometimes 

 upright, sometimes horizontal. 



